14 Your [a]descendants will also be like (A)the dust of the earth, and you will [b]spread out (B)to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and (C)in you and in your [c]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, (D)I am with you and (E)will keep you wherever you go, and (F)will bring you back to this land; for (G)I will not leave you until I have done what I have [d]promised you.” 16 Then Jacob (H)awoke from his sleep and said, “(I)The Lord is certainly in this place, and I did not know it!”

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 28:14 Lit break through
  3. Genesis 28:14 Lit seed
  4. Genesis 28:15 Lit spoken to

14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(A) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(B) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[a](C) 15 I am with you(D) and will watch over you(E) wherever you go,(F) and I will bring you back to this land.(G) I will not leave you(H) until I have done what I have promised you.(I)(J)

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(K) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”

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  1. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)